In Sub-Saharan Africa, prevalence and burden of type 2 diabetes are rising quickly. Rapid
uncontrolled urbanisation and major changes in lifestyle could be driving this epidemic. The …

Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is increasingly common worldwide. Related complications
account for increased morbidity and mortality, and enormous healthcare spending. …

Context: Type 2 diabetes is the result of both genetic and environmental factors. Fetal exposure
to maternal diabetes is associated with a higher risk of abnormal glucose homeostasis in …

Background : The burden of cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) remains unclear in many regions
of the world. Objectives : The GBD (Global Burden of Disease) 2015 study integrated data …

Background Type 2 diabetes is affected by genetics and environmental factors. We aimed to
assess the effect of an in-utero diabetic environment independently of the genetic …

OBJECTIVES: To determine, in a rural and urban population in Cameroon, the prevalence
of the metabolic syndrome (MS) using three definitions and to assess the association …

Background This study aimed to assess the association between lifetime exposure to urban
environment (EU) and obesity, diabetes, and hypertension in an adult population of Sub-…

Rapid demographic, sociocultural, and economic transitions are driving increases in the risk
and prevalence of diabetes and other non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in sub-Saharan …

Background Despite widespread recognition that the burden of diabetes is rapidly growing
in many countries in sub-Saharan Africa, nationally representative estimates of unmet need …

Nonautoimmune ketosis-prone diabetic syndromes are increasingly frequent in nonwhite
populations. We have characterized a cohort of patients of sub-Saharan African origin who had …